Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Ernst Lieb says the German luxury automaker will axe the CLK in its current form (based on the C-Class chassis) and replace it with a 2-door coupe (wow, a new coupe announcement that’s not a 4-door one) based on the E-Class chassis.
Lieb said this was to move the smallest Mercedes-Benz coupe up a segment in order for it to be more competitive against cars such as the hot-selling Audi A5. It would also mean the new E Coupe will be more expensive than the CLK it replaces.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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i dont get the point of why still dun want to retain the same name…. neway, quite a elegant coupe based on E-class family !!!!
i think its emulating the 300CE back in the W124 days. also that it does not wish to compete with the m3 coupe
Yeah right. Try to up-sell in a market that is down for the next 18 months is a good move Ernst. Not.
Dude, putting an E on it (ELK?) would justify its already high price and add a few more too.
isn’t CLK using an E-class platform all this while ?
Paul Tan says: No, it is based on the C-Class, just that it has E-Class styling cues.
its gonna be called an ELK. hahahaha.
Kevin Lee said,
November 17, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
i think its emulating the 300CE back in the W124 days. also that it does not wish to compete with the m3 coupe
W124 E-class is not a direct competitor to 3-series. Thats why MB created 190E 2.3 16 Evo last time. And personally, i think it’s better to use the CE badge again.. but I doubt it.
But I still like the W124 CE.. and hope to get one, one day.
the ce look poshed, the clk was made for little girls